板门店

板門店

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Meanings

1 Panmunjom (Korean: 판문점)
2 the Joint Security Area in the Korean Demilitarized Zone where the 1953 Armistice was signed

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1953年，朝鲜停战协定在板门店签署。

Yī jiǔ wǔ sān nián, Cháoxiǎn tíngzhàn xiédìng zài Bǎnméndiàn qiānshǔ.

In 1953 the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed at Panmunjom.

板门店是朝韩两国唯一的接触点。

Bǎnméndiàn shì Cháo Hán liǎng guó wéiyī de jiēchùdiǎn.

Panmunjom is the only contact point between North and South Korea.

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history

Originally a tiny Korean village whose name (板门店, 'plank-door inn') was kept by both Koreas. Site of the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War, the 2018 Moon-Kim summit, and Trump's 2019 step across the line. Sits straddling the 38th parallel inside the DMZ.

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